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Angela Riccio - Comedian
- Oak Lawn, IL
- Comedian
- Travels up to 400 miles
- Contact for rates
Overview
Customized High Energy Interactive comedy shows for corporate or private party events. Comedy "Roasts" for birthday, retirement, anniversary and more! Angela combines her quick wit with years of experience as a stand-up comedienne to create a variety of entertainment options, tailored to your specific needs. Whether you're looking for a comedy roast, "comedy" telegrams or a party mingler Angela will provide an unforgettably funny experience for you and your guests. Her most requested character Dolly Amore' will customize the show to include inside jokes and gags about your guest of honor and your friends will be wondering "how did she know about that?"
31 Reviews
This event was SPECTACULAR! Angie came dressed as a quirky character, a bit disheveled and executed the best comedy roast I have every attended in an initmate setting of 30 executives. Everything went off without a hitch. I woke this morning to an overwhelming amound of text messages, thanking me for a perfectly executed evening. This event was by far the best we ever had.
Comedian, Corporate Comedian, Corporate Entertainment
Angela Riccio is one of the funniest comedians I have seen. I hired Angela for a fundraiser in Cedar Lake, IN. She kept in contact before the show and she asked about the town and the people so she could make it more personal and to help her interact with the audience. She arrived early for the event and was well prepared.She walks through the audience and interacts with them. Everyone loved her. People were laughing so hard they had tears running down their face. The time just flew. People came up to me after the show and told me how great she was.
You will not go wrong if you hire Angela. I HIGHLY recommend her. She is one of the best. I would give her 10 stars if I could.
Comedian
There are moments in one's life when you cross paths with a person who is able to make a uniquely positive difference in the lives of others and that is Angie Riccio! We had just developed a new community center for our church and we asked Angie to perform for a special evening with 80 guests for cocktails/appetizers and her engaging comedy show. From our very first conversation months ahead of the event to the final minutes of our evening together, Angie simply hit it out of the park in every way! She is personable, professional, and especially clever with her humor. She had every person in the room in stitches...everybody loved her! She makes a particularly conscientious effort ahead of time to learn unique dynamics of your audience and personalizes your event to meet your needs. She was exactly what we needed to provide positive momentum and energy for our new community center. Her humor reaches across all ages, personalities, and dynamics especially well...our event happened 2 weeks ago and guests are still talking about their deep satisfaction and enjoyment with Angie. I would hire her again in a heartbeat and hope that our paths cross again in some way. You don't want to miss this opportunity to have Angie add comedic richness and warmth to your event.
Comedy Show, Interactive Performer, Comedian
I hired Angie to entertain my lifetime friends at our annual holiday party. She fit right in with the group and had everyone in stitches. It was our best Christmas party ever!
Comedian
Angela brought a night we will never forget to our annual progressive dinner. The best part was the crowd interacted with her perfectly, even the people I thought would shy away. After the show everyone was still laughing and raving about this being the best progressive dinner so far!!
Highly recommend Angela, you will not be disappointed!
Comedy Improv Show, Comedy Show
Angie reached out as part of the Gig-Salad bidding process as I explored comedy entertainment for my wife's 54th birthday party. We had a group of <15 middle aged women (and me, the husband), and I wanted to bring some surprise funny entertainment. Angie shared her approach of coming in as a "party crasher", in character as her goofy/loud/funny character, and I loved the idea. Within the span of less than a week, we had a couple zoom calls and lots of texting/emailing to form the master plan for the prank. Angie encouraged me sharing details about my wife, me and our guests, so she was able to add lots of customized flavor to a ~45 minute visit, in addition to some of her own funny schtick. In this case, I encouraged her that she could be "rated R" in her humor, with some sex jokes and funny innuendos. By the time of the party evening, and our coordinated signal for her to ring the doorbell, I was ready for whatever would happen...
What a blast! Our guests had all just started arriving, and were at our house just getting into the party groove when she showed up. We had planned that she would be a friend of one of the guests, who my wife had given permission to attend. Angie arrived in full character, loud and gregarious, engaging actively with my wife and the other guests right from the start, and everyone shared this look of "what the heck?" Angie was full-on, quick, working the crowd, interspersing the details we had shared and getting laughs and uncertainty from everyone.
Within just about 10-15 minutes, as my wife and the guests started visibly wondering "is this person going to be here all night?" we revealed she was a comedienne, which let everyone relax and get what was going on. Angie then proceeded into a little mini-roast of my wife, including more personal references, anecdotes and gag gifts, and my wife loved it. Angie made some great connections with the other guests as well, and we all had lots of laughs. For the remainder of her stay, Angie combined custom jokes from the info I had provided, as well as some of her own material. The comedy was fun, appropriately embarrassing for some, full of character and lively, and it made for a memorable start to my wife's birthday.
By the end of it, we had a little time to chat with Angie as herself, and her husband joined us for a few minutes, having been waiting outside. It was such a fun time! Thanks, Angie, for a great custom birthday prank/show!
Comedy Improv Show, Comedy Show, Interactive Performer, Roast Master, Stand-Up Comedian
Angie worked the crowd at the ACGME Holiday Party on December 14th, claiming she was a new hire with the company. Imagine people's surprise to see this woman in curlers, tape holding her glasses together, lipstick on her teeth and in a robe joining our organization. Oh, and she was also setting up dates for herself with some of the guys! Angie mingled and dropped names to prove that she belonged there. She was a delight to work with, great communication throughout once she was contacted. I would recommend Angie for your next event, she will surprise you!
Interactive Performer
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Angela was amazing! We did a surprise 80th birthday party for our father. The venue was on our farm in the middle of nowhere. She entered the party impersonating as a waitress, who, has had her "eye" on dad. She's hilarious, she adapts well with any crowd, quick witted and willing to meet any need you could possibly have for any event. You can tell she is a professional. This isn't some back alley gig. She works the audience and can read the room and incorporate it into her act. Quit searching...you found the perfect event entertainment right here. Angela Riccio thank you for a birthday party my dad will NEVER FORGET! 🎉
Stand-Up Comedian, Comedian
Angie was such a blessing to work with! Between my busy schedule and planning her trip to Wisconsin for my husband's surprise comedy telegram, she was patient and willing to work with me and DELIVERED a hilarious outcome! My husband is a very sarcastic but stoic man so I didn't know how well he would take being the one that was pranked, but Angie felt the energy in the room and went with it! My manager was in for a surprise too and unexpectedly received some of the comedy too! I would highly recommend her service!
Comedian
We hired Angelo for our comedy night. She had everybody rolling on the floor. She even had the priests laughing. She was so funny and made the night so enjoyable. Highly recommended and would hire her again in a heartbeat. Everybody was laughing the whole time she was performing. She interacted with the crowd and was one of the best entertainers I ever saw. Thanks again Angelo, you were the best.
Rob
Christian Comedian, Comedy Improv Show, Comedy Show
Angela put on a phenomenal show, even days later guests were raving about how funny she was. The whole party was in stitches! What a absolutely great show!!!!
Comedy Show
Great show by Angela--thanks!
Comedy Show
Angela Riccio is one of the best comedians I have ever seen. She is very professional and a real hoot. She entered our house dressed as a 1950’s house wife who didn’t get an invite to the party. She fit right in as she mingled with our guests one on one with bag in hand and hair curlers to boot.
Angela really knows how to work a crowd.
She ended our evening with a live group show, and left our guests in awe. Angela made our Halloween party one we will never forget.
Highly Recommended. What are you waiting for?
You won’t be disappointed!
Comedian
We would hire her again in a heartbeat. She is very thorough in her preparation and I can tell she really cares about her clients. A++
Comedian
Angie was a riot. Non stop laughter for the entire “show”. She exceeded all expectations! If you are looking for a fun, memorable, and HILARIOUS birthday experience look no further! Thanks again for making my boyfriend’s birthday one that we will never forget.
Singing Telegram
I loved how you zoned in on being the new receptionist, that was a perfect lead in. You kept it funny and clean....well kind of clean, but that's ok. I enjoyed it and I know everyone else did. Best of luck to you in all your endeavors!
Corporate Comedian, Comedian
Angela came to my home, which was a little tight for 50 people, but she was excellent in working the room. It was for my parents 50th, and before she came I filled out about four pages of notes that she used to get to know my parents, my guests, and me. She used the material throughout the performance and it made it very personable. She was very professional and really easy to work with; I highly recommend her, for whatever occasion.
Roast Master, Comedian
Angela was outstanding. This was her second time at Kenosha Country Club for our Italy vs. Germany golf tournament. There was not a dry eye in the room from all the laughter. Nobody was off limits not even our host who booked Angela. I would definitely recommend Angela she was GREAT.
Stand-Up Comedian, Comedian
I hired Angie to provide us with some entertainment for my husband''s 50th surprise Birthday party. I was a ltitle worried af first because our family and friends can be a little obnoxious. Angie was amazing, Angie did a wonderful job interacting with the party guests all the while "roasting" my husband. I did not expect to be a part of her show, but she dragged me down too! My guests were laughing thru the whole performance and still laughing days later! I'm so glad I hired her and put her payment in an envelope in my cabinet! Thank you Angie for the wonderful entertainment!
Corporate Comedian
Angela provided entertainment as "the party crasher" at our backyard BBQ. This was a work related function, so we did need to be a bit careful with the teasing and language. Angela was great and read her audience well. This was a relaxed group and Angela played on that. Angela's Dolly character is a lot of fun and everyone enjoyed her "mingling" at the party. We didn't want to "stop the party" for entertainment and Dolly the party crasher fit the bill..
Comedian
Response from Angela Riccio - Comedian:
Julie, thank you for trusting my style of comedy at such a special event! You and Barry were wonderful to work for!
THANKS!
Angie
We were so happy to have worked with Angela, she was professional, hysterical and just lovely to work with. We had a party for a group at our church and she did a great job making it a really fun, funny, and entertaining evening - all the while making sure that everyone was comfortable! I highly recommend Angela as a talented entertainer! Thank you Angela! We were just at another event 2 weeks after the our event with Angela and folks were still thanking us for having such a fun party!!!
Comedian
She was very professional from date of booking thru the date of show. Told exactly what she needed and when to guarantee a successful show. She included a lot of personal information about my husband in his 50th Birthday Roast to make it a lot of fun for friends and family.
Roast Master, Comedian
Dear Angie,
I just wanted to let you know how much we all enjoyed your performance on Sunday.
My Husband was surprised beyond belief. You did a fantastic job. Everyone there could not stop
talking about how great the show was. Very Professional I would recommend you to any of my friends and family
and I hope that our party will help drum up some business for you. Thank you again for all the fun, smiles and laughs
you gave us.
Reda
Variety Entertainer, Comedian
Angie is hilarious!! We are an investment firm that had an educational tax event on April Fools Day and thought that having a comedian would make a serious topic a little more fun. Angie did just that!! She was very professional and REALLY funny at the same time!! Our clients had a great time. They are still talking about her and telling us how much they enjoyed her!
Comedy Show
I hired Angela for my brother's 50th Birthday what a great choice. She really worked the crowd and my brother was laughing so hard through the entire show! So many people told me how great the entertainment was and how it made the party so memorable and fun. Her style of comedy is great for any crowd and she does a fabulous job at including everyone. She was a hit!!!
Comedian
So glad to have found Angie for my husband's 50th Birthday party. I usually do not write reviews but she was hillarious and the hit of the party. With little information she was able to give my husband and friends a night to remember. I know booking entertainment is not easy but she was "Simply the Best" and would hire her again in a minute. My guests were so delighted also with her performance and could not stop laughing. I was laughing so hard that I almost peed in my pants!!!!!!!!
Comedian
Angie was great! Everyone enjoyed her crazy and witty humor. She did a wonderful job of keeping the interest on the Special Guest while including the audience. Several guests at the party were talking about using her for events that they had coming up. I would highly recommend her.
Comedian
Angie is amazing! From her entrance to her exit, her costume, her fantastic improv ability and quick-on-her-feet humor - Angie is a must have at your next event no matter how small or large! She entertained twins, multiples, family & friends from across the US as we laughed so hard to the point our sides hurt and we had tears rolling down our faces. Thank you Angie for bringing such joy to our annual convention. You ROCK and are definitely an honorary member of the ITA!
Comedy Improv Show
Angie was great- actually the 2nd time I have seen her. She was the HIGHLIGHT of the bachelorette party. Bride-to-be was in amazement and didn't know what was going on...hilarious! Show was personalized, Angie was very professional and reliable prior to the event and very accommodating. Can't wait to hire her again!
Comedian
Angela Riccio is hilarious!! Laughed so hard our faces hurt. Occasion was a 50th birthday roasting, and Angela shocked guest of honor with how well prepared she was for the "roasting". Attendees are still talking and laughing about her performance. Angela provided clean adult humor based upon family oriented event. She did not have to be crude or vulgar to be funny. Angela's interaction with audience was spot on. Awesome Job!! Everyone in attendance loved her!! Thanks, Angela for a performance to remember!!
Comedian
A combination of natural talent and years of experience make Angela Riccio a huge hit! My family and I saw her in New Lenox, IL at a show with all ages in the audience and everyone loved her. Well done Angela!
Comedian
Booking Info
Price Range: Contact for rates
Gig Length: 30 - 90 minutes
What to Expect
Angela's show is very interactive. She does not just stand in one spot and perform her show, she moves around and goes into the audience. Audience members can find themselves included in the show and may receive some "Gag Gifts" which are funny props worked into the customized jokes specific to your group and event. All shows are customized, she will gather information about key people attending and personalize the show.
About
Angela Riccio combines her quick wit with years of experience as a stand-up comedian to create a variety of entertainment options, customized to your specific needs. Whether you're looking for a comedy roast, party mingler, an "uninvited" guest, comedy telegram or party crasher Angela will provide an unforgettably funny experience for you and your guests. She is skilled at adapting her comedy to her clients' particular situations and scenarios. The result: riotous fun when her character arrives and dazzles your guests with her zany humor, tailored to fit your special event. Choose from Angela's collection of characters or work with her to develop a new, fully customized personality to debut at your party. Either way, with the information you provide, her performance will include inside jokes and running gags about your guest of honor and circle of friends that will have them wondering "how did she know about that?" She is a clean comedy act! Perfect for any corporate function or private party----for all audiences of all ages! If you are looking for a comedian in Chicago, Il. look no further!
CUSTOMIZED CHARACTERS:
* Dolly - Wearing her best polyester dress, fanny sack, black knee high nylons, white orthopedic shoes, lipstick on her teeth and a few sponge rollers - she forgot to take out in her rush to arrive to the party!
* Briella "Bridesmaid-Zilla" - Your best friend you didn't want to stand-up in the wedding and her invite must have gotten lost in the mail!
CORPORATE CLIENTS AND FUNDRAISERS: (Partial Listing)
* AT&T * AVON * CENTURY 21 * SARA LEE CORPORATION * MCDONALDS
* BOLINGBROOK CHAMBER ANNUAL AWARDS * NESTLE * EXXONMOBIL
*RED HATTERS SOCIETY CONVENTION * INDIANA TOLLWAY * MOTOROLA * INTERNATIONAL TWINS CONVENTION
* LOYOLA UNIVERISTY * CHRIST HOSPITAL *DELTA THETA TAU *
* MACCORMAC COLLEGE LEARN TO LAUGH, THE LAUGH FACTORY COMEDY CLUB* LEWIS UNIVERSITY FUNDRASIER LAUGH TO CREATE AWARENESS, BEVERLY ARTS CENTER
COMEDY CONTESTS:
* FINALIST: Entenmann's "Fat Free Fantasy" Contest, New York, NY
* SEMI-FINALIST: Bud Light Ladies of Laughter, Indianapolis, IN
COMEDY TOURS
* Alaska * North Dakota * Florida * Pennsylvania * Indiana * South Dakota * Iowa * West Virginia * Michigan * Wisconsin * Minnesota * Canada
Past Booked Events
December 18, 2016 • 7:30pm - 8:00pm | Christmas Party ~ Al's Steakhouse |
December 16, 2016 • 6:30pm - 7:30pm | Corporate Christmas Party ~ Blue Chip Casino |
November 12, 2016 • 7:30pm - 8:00pm | Fundraiser ~ St. Germain School, Oak Lawn, IL |
October 03, 2016 • 8:00pm - 9:00pm | 40th Birthday |
September 17, 2016 • 10:30pm - 11:30pm | 60th Birthday Party |
September 17, 2016 • 8:00pm - 8:45pm | 50th Birthday |
September 10, 2016 • 8:00pm - 9:30pm | Club Show |
August 25, 2016 • 8:00pm - 9:00pm | Golf Outing |
July 16, 2016 • 8:30pm - 9:00pm | Corporate Event |
July 16, 2016 • 6:00pm - 6:45pm | 40th Birthday |